What you can do in Ottawa this Earth Day weekend

This year’s coming Earth Day celebrations are the first without significant COVID-19 restrictions since the start of the pandemic in 2020.

If you’re looking for a call to action, the Mouvement d’éducation populaire et d’action communautaire du Québec has scheduled a demonstration at the Bank of Canada at 234 Wellington St.

An art tent featuring Inuit artists and a build-your-own food workshop are other activities scheduled among the bunch that will last until 2 p.m., with a toy and book exchange expected to run throughout the day as well.

Hosted by Re4m Design and Fabrication Inc., participants are encouraged to bring items such as hardware, egg cartons, bread tags, milk bags, wood, old tools, old paint cans, aerosol cans and household hazardous waste to be recycled by local organizations.

Accompanying the market will be several games and activities, including lawn games, door prizes and an eco craft table.

to 2:15 p.m., and an e-waste recycling drive in partnership with Junk that Funk is expected to run for the entire duration of the event.

Residents in Orléans are welcome to join provincial Green Party candidate Michelle Petersen and her team of volunteers to collect waste around Sir Wilfrid Laurier High School on Saturday from 1 p.m.

Neighbourhood garage sales will run from the event start time until 12 p.m., and TACA is promoting 14 selling sites across Trend Arlington, which can be found on a virtual map on its Facebook event page.

The organization is hosting its own garage sale accompanied by a bake sale and seed giveaway from 9 a.m.

Ottawa Fresh Farm, found at 2811 Ramsayville Rd., is expected to host a wide range of activities including bike tune-ups and a nature walk from 9:30 a.m.

to 11:30 a.m., where participants will help Ottawa Farm Fresh farmers clean an area of land used to grow the city’s vegetables.

Finally, from 10 a.m.

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